AMD Athlon 64 3000+, Budget Gamer's Perspective
 

I'd imagine not a whole lot of you are ready to drop $1200 for a CPU, motherboard and video card combo. For the price of the Socket-939, you can pick up an A64 3000+, K8T800 based motherboard, and a decent mid-ranged video card. For gamers on a budget, I think the choice is obvious.

http://www.viperlair.com/reviews/cpu...amd/s754/3000/